/*
 * This file contains code from "C++ Primer, Fourth Edition", by Stanley B.
 * Lippman, Jose Lajoie, and Barbara E. Moo, and is covered under the
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*/ 

#include <cstring>

int main()
{
    //  C-style character string implementation 
        const char *pc = "a very long literal string";
        const size_t  len = strlen(pc +1);    // space to allocate

        // performance test on string allocation and copy
        for (size_t ix = 0; ix != 1000000; ++ix) {
            char *pc2 = new char[len + 1]; // allocate the space
            strcpy(pc2, pc);               // do the copy
            if (strcmp(pc2, pc))           // use the new string
                ;   // do nothing

            delete [] pc2;                 // free the memory
        }

    return 0;
}
